gurney · noun1
Unknown. Possibly from Gurney cab, a type of horse-drawn cab on wheels named after Theodore Gurney, the US inventor credited with creating and patenting it in about 1883. For the surname, see Gurney.
Gurney · proper noun2
English surname of Norman origin, from Gournay-en-Bray in Seine-Maritime, France. Sometimes also from Great Gornhay in Tiverton, Devon, for which see Garnsey.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.